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Naval Lab Awards Contract BALTIMORE - Martin Marietta Corp. received a $4 million contract f

Mobil Oil Canada Plans Stimulation ProjectMobil Oil Corp.'s Canadian affiliate, Mobil Oil Ca

South Korea's trade surplus with the United States rose to a record $5.9 billion in the first 10 mon

Friday, Nov. 14, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Kenan Transport Co. will expand its petroleum distribution operations in the Southeast with the pur

The anti-takeover measures adopted by Airborne Freight Corp. six months ago were intended to prevent

HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING: The entry of Van Ommeren USA as an equal partner with Fernandina Marine

What's described as the heaviest cargo ever lifted at a Great Lakes port is being moved through the

The United States will step up purchases of Mexican crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in

Canadian net farm income will total C$1.67 billion this year, marginally higher than 1985, while 198

For the first time in 30 years, defined pension benefit plans are paying out more than they are rece

Lufthansa German Airlines has run into a cargo capacity problem since reducing frequency on its Vanc

A huge barge load of lumber was due to leave late this week from the Columbia River port of Kalama,

For the week ended Nov. 1, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equa

A leading economist who advises President Reagan on economic policy is urging a tax increase to curb

Iran Arms Deal NEW YORK - An Israeli businessman accused of plotting to smuggle U.S. weapons

Leaseway Transportation Corp. was sold to a management-led investor's group in a leveraged buy-out v

Weary negotiators for the International Longshoremen's Association and waterfront management resumed

The Chicago & North Western Transportation Co., in an effort to spur new interest among coal users i

New Process EnhancesCompact DiscGeneral Electric Plastics, a major supplier of Lexan

IADB BOLIVIA - $100 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for agricultural produc

Consumption growth rates of 10 percent to 15 percent a year for some specialty surfactants and non-p

A new risk retention group is soliciting companies interested in insuring against environmental poll

The U.S. dollar was mixed against major foreign currencies Thursday after giving up small gains it h

Some three years after President Reagan implemented the Caribbean Basin Initiative, U.S. companies a

Falklands Fishing Rules STANLEY, Falkland Islands - A top British fisheries official says ev

About 170 Brazilian business executives curious to see what they can sell and buy in Cuba after 22 y

Brokerage services for Canadian farmers who want to hedge their grain on the futures market was one

Supervisory personnel handled cargo as the port's International Longshoremen's Association members c

The Port of Portland Commission flatly turned down a former commissioner's plea to stop construction

The Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association reported retail sales of 10,963 heavy-duty Class 8 truck

Britain intends to enter into bilateral talks with its European Community partners on air rights aft

One of the likely plot lines for the 1987 chapter of the drama pitting insurers against the U.S. civ

The poisoning of the Rhine River has highlighted the longstanding pollution of the two largest river

FMC Asked to Expedite Review of Seattle PactThe port of Seattle and Hanjin Container Lines L

First Bank International Banking Group is offering a new electronic service which, it said, reduces

Gorbachev to Travel NEW DELHI, India - India announced that Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev

John Oliver Wilson, senior vice president and chief economist of San Francisco's Bank of America, wo

An increasing number of Americans are taking their vacations in the Caribbean this year, contributin

S. Korea to Counter Protectionism on AutosSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea plans to control